A gem of a find by The Public Domain Review of a collection from the Rijksmuseum: photographs of plaster models of the ...

Solar eclipses only occur at the New Moon phase of the lunar cycle (a series of eight unique phases of the moon's visibility) ...

The blood moon in the Earth's shadow is created by Rayleigh scattering and refraction of sunlight in the Earth's atmosphere – the physics of the spectacle.

(CNN) — A robotic lander named Athena has made its final descent to the moon’s surface, marking the second lunar touchdown for a US company this week. But the orientation of the lander is currently ...

The Moon appears from behind the Tokyo Skytree during a total lunar eclipse in the middle of the night above the Japanese capital early on September 8, 2025. Stargazers enjoyed a "Blood Moon" ...

"It has been long believed the lunar surface has been dried out for thousands and even millions of years, but maybe there might be more water available than we thought on the surface of the moon, and ...

A robotic moon lander is set to launch into space this week, marking the second lunar mission for a company that made history a year ago by becoming the first private company to successfully land on ...

Why would a moon bleed red across the night sky, and why will this one persist so long? The Moon will traverse Earth’s umbra during the night of September 7–8, 2025, to exhibit an exceptionally ...